_Brink_ | 48 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 While browsing WATA population reports, I noticed under LOOSE: Maybe this has already been discussed, but Id love to hear the backstory on the person grading these. This is a feel-good story, surely to warm hearts across the globe!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,414 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 41 minutes ago, _Brink_ said: surely to warm hearts across the globe!! Damn he's grading so many it's causing a statistically significant impact on climate change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,414 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) If you asked me to guess 5 of the 10 most graded NES cartridges or die, I would die. People are grading... <6.5 3 screw Jaws? Edited October 17, 2023 by DefaultGen 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khromak | 769 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) This whole list is interesting. What is Clu Clu Land (Sample)? Are there 11 prototypes of Clu Clu Land? Did they hand out samples of this game in test markets or something? Assuming re-grades aren't double counted here, 29 Grey NWC graded is like...1/3 of the entire population of carts? MTPO, Zelda, & SMB3 are so weird...do people just want a case for their favorite childhood game, or do people actually think a loose NES cartridge Nintendo made literally millions of is going to be worth something? Also interesting to see how few of these got significantly above 9.0, or got above 9.0 at all. In any case, who's collecting loose carts encased in acrylic tombs? Even if it was a 10.0, what the hell's the point? Surely nobody's paying top dollar for loose carts with nice labels, right? Right?! If there's a loose cartridge which was mass-produced and it's worth more than the WATA grading services, I don't think I want to live on this planet anymore. edit: excluding carts which were already worth more than that before they were graded. Edited October 17, 2023 by Khromak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK | 260 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 It's someone who got them all autographed: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,795 Administrator · Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 37 minutes ago, DK said: It's someone who got them all autographed: Magic Johnson sat there at a convention or something and a dude with 100 NES carts walks up, WYD? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,414 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 35 minutes ago, Khromak said: This whole list is interesting. What is Clu Clu Land (Sample)? Are there 11 prototypes of Clu Clu Land? Did they hand out samples of this game in test markets or something? They were apparently cartridges used to test NES consoles at the factory. Right when Wata was getting big a whole bunch of them came up for sale at the same time in Japan for like $200-300/ea. so a bunch got graded. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,923 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Here was my big-brain theory before you geniuses cracked the case. (Shout-out’s to all fellow WW players, so grab your popcorn.) The person looked at the short list of sports professionals with NES games branded after them, assessed which one was likely to die soonest, and then kept sending 5-7 in at a time hoping to get a high grade so that when that joker kicks the bucket, he can profit like an OG, 2009 Bitcoiner! But if there was a large lot of signed copies used for testing, then I guess that would make sense too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Brink_ | 48 Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, DK said: It's someone who got them all autographed: Beckett certified signatures, nonetheless. Well, CASE CLOSED! Edited October 17, 2023 by _Brink_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,729 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) As someone who does not care about sports figures at all, I'd personally prefer a copy of this game sans autograph, if I were going full set. Could you imagine if the game suddenly got rare, so that the easiest way to get a loose clean copy would be to crack a wata and scrub the name graffiti? Edited October 17, 2023 by fcgamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,011 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 What's even more interesting is the poor souls that graded loose copies of The Flintstones: The Rescue Of Dino And Hoppy, not realising there are 2 Flintstones NES games. Every one of those graded cartridges is worthless. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Tank | 967 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 11 hours ago, fcgamer said: As someone who does not care about sports figures at all, I'd personally prefer a copy of this game sans autograph, if I were going full set. Could you imagine if the game suddenly got rare, so that the easiest way to get a loose clean copy would be to crack a wata and scrub the name graffiti? Fyi, he's more than just a sports figure. @RHwhen I first read the question, I thought the same thing. It's sad when you think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,889 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 The REAL question here is who keeps grading anything. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,729 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 19 minutes ago, Mega Tank said: Fyi, he's more than just a sports figure. @RHwhen I first read the question, I thought the same thing. It's sad when you think about it. Aside from the health issues thing please explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Tank | 967 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 1 hour ago, fcgamer said: Aside from the health issues thing please explain. Lol I'm not going to clog the thread. Google him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,729 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mega Tank said: Lol I'm not going to clog the thread. Google him. I strongly prefer Eric Clapton if you're talking about greats. Edited October 18, 2023 by fcgamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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